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Astonishing Color of After

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When Leigh Chen Sanders’s mother dies of suicide, Leigh is absolutely certain of one thing -- that the body lying lifeless in her house is not her mother. No. Her mother is a bird, flying free. Struggling to come to grips with her mother’s death, Leigh travels to Taiwan to visit her maternal grandparents for the very first time. She is determined to find her mother -- the bird – and while exploring Taiwan, chasing after the ghost of her mother and uncovering family secrets, she also tries to reconcile her feelings for her best friend, Axel. The day Leigh’s mother died of suicide was also the same day they had their very first kiss. But now her feelings about that day are all mixed up and she doesn’t know how to feel about him anymore.

Your teens will be moved by Leigh’s emotional journey as magic and reality blend and she travels through the past and present to try and make sense of her grief and come to terms with her heartbreaking loss.

Customer Reviews (4.6 / 5 · 5 reviews)

William M. ★★★★★

The audio version is a solid $26.43 investment for the way it brings Leigh’s grief and certainty to life through pacing and tone. I found myself pausing the car just to sit with a chapter and feel the weight of her search after her mother’s suicide. It’s rare that a story lingers like this long afte

Zoe V. ★★★★★

I was completely absorbed from the first page, and the way Leigh fixates on the idea that the body isn't her mother's is so haunting it stuck with me for days. The audio version made the grief feel even more intimate, and I kept replaying the final chapters just to sit in the emotion a little longer

Zoe A. ★★★★★

This is the first book in a long time that made me cry on public transit, and I wasn't even embarrassed about it. The way the story weaves between grief and the search for her mother's past feels so achingly real. It's a haunting read, but one that stays with you long after the last page.